Exploring the hand cut gold mine on steep cliff edge of Plenty River bank (circa late 1980s) |
A few odd photos from times spent on the river bank and exploring an old mine on the hillside of the plenty river...
The author with the dogs Tessa and Ben at camp A (circa 1987) |
Renegade delinquents honing their skills (circa 1987) |
The Outlaw retreat - Camp A |
Holding my old Bowie knife and dusting off a moldy pair of boots.
Not much of a starting point but a bunch of fading memories could polish up ok with a few visual prompts and the help of my new State Library of Victoria Library Card.
Some say the river was lost after they built the Yan Yean reservoir... Gold was a passing fad... But there is treasure beyond gold in the past and I pray the future of the Plenty River Valley.
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